| KoL steps up 13:06 - Jul 6 with 3695 views | vetchonian |
It seems Kristian O Leary has been appointed first team coach |  |
| |  |
| KoL steps up on 13:10 - Jul 6 with 2937 views | jasper_T |
Leon taking over the u21s? | | | |
| KoL steps up on 13:10 - Jul 6 with 2935 views | onehunglow |
The sky is crying | |
| |
| KoL steps up on 13:11 - Jul 6 with 2932 views | KeithHaynes |
Kris has said all the right things and clearly latched ion to the group dynamic Martin brought with him. Always in commentary he talks of the approach the manager brings to games and is very complimentary.
From the OS.
“It was amazing how much time he spent with us, and how he then translated that into the way the under-23s played and you could see the progression they made over the second half of last season.
“We were so impressed with that, and the efforts of Kris and the academy staff there have made it much easier for the likes of Cameron Congreve, Joel Cotterill, Azeem Abdulai and Ben Lloyd to come in and quickly feel settled and involved.
“He stepped up last season and was a great sounding board for us, he offers different opinions and always relates things to The Swansea Way.
“He has great knowledge of the game, a great understanding, but, every bit as importantly, he has been a great person.
“We are really happy and looking forward to continuing to work with him.”
A replacement for O'Leary as coach of the under-21s - as the Swans development side will be known during the coming season - will be announced in due course. |  |
| |
| KoL steps up on 13:14 - Jul 6 with 2909 views | vetchonian |
| KoL steps up on 13:11 - Jul 6 by KeithHaynes |
Kris has said all the right things and clearly latched ion to the group dynamic Martin brought with him. Always in commentary he talks of the approach the manager brings to games and is very complimentary.
From the OS.
“It was amazing how much time he spent with us, and how he then translated that into the way the under-23s played and you could see the progression they made over the second half of last season.
“We were so impressed with that, and the efforts of Kris and the academy staff there have made it much easier for the likes of Cameron Congreve, Joel Cotterill, Azeem Abdulai and Ben Lloyd to come in and quickly feel settled and involved.
“He stepped up last season and was a great sounding board for us, he offers different opinions and always relates things to The Swansea Way.
“He has great knowledge of the game, a great understanding, but, every bit as importantly, he has been a great person.
“We are really happy and looking forward to continuing to work with him.”
A replacement for O'Leary as coach of the under-21s - as the Swans development side will be known during the coming season - will be announced in due course. |
Incredible given the stick he has taken on here over the years | |
| |
| KoL steps up on 13:21 - Jul 6 with 2888 views | jasper_T |
The progress in the second half of the season Martin talks about is... well two wins both at home isn't much of an improvement on what came before. The u23s finished off the bottom of the PDL South table only on goal difference. It was a poor season with a lot of cheap goals given away trying to imitate Martin's flawed system.
If it pays dividends in smoothing the transition of certain players, and those players go on to do well for us this season, then of course it's worth it. Time will tell. | | | |
| KoL steps up on 13:24 - Jul 6 with 2880 views | onehunglow |
| KoL steps up on 13:21 - Jul 6 by jasper_T |
The progress in the second half of the season Martin talks about is... well two wins both at home isn't much of an improvement on what came before. The u23s finished off the bottom of the PDL South table only on goal difference. It was a poor season with a lot of cheap goals given away trying to imitate Martin's flawed system.
If it pays dividends in smoothing the transition of certain players, and those players go on to do well for us this season, then of course it's worth it. Time will tell. |
It is incredible | |
| |
| KoL steps up on 13:42 - Jul 6 with 2836 views | Boundy |
Anthony Wright to step into the breech? | |
| "In a free society, the State is the servant of the people—not the master." |
| |
| KoL steps up on 13:43 - Jul 6 with 2835 views | Whiterockin |
| KoL steps up on 13:14 - Jul 6 by vetchonian |
Incredible given the stick he has taken on here over the years |
You don't need to have been a good footballer to become a good coach. |  | | |
Login to get fewer ads
| KoL steps up on 13:44 - Jul 6 with 2827 views | onehunglow |
| KoL steps up on 13:43 - Jul 6 by Whiterockin |
You don't need to have been a good footballer to become a good coach. |
But it helps | |
| |
| KoL steps up on 13:48 - Jul 6 with 2806 views | raynor94 |
A good thread for the usual suspects |  |
| |
| KoL steps up on 13:51 - Jul 6 with 2790 views | onehunglow |
| KoL steps up on 13:48 - Jul 6 by raynor94 |
A good thread for the usual suspects |
Great Film.
It stared Kevin Spacey. | |
| |
| KoL steps up on 14:07 - Jul 6 with 2768 views | vetchonian |
| KoL steps up on 13:43 - Jul 6 by Whiterockin |
You don't need to have been a good footballer to become a good coach. |
Absolutley true coaching is about getting your ideas across, there have been many examples of where great players have failed to make the switch a la sir Bobby charlton, Bryan Robson, are two such examples.
My starting this thread was raising the news but also highlighting how many on here have given KoL stick before when he was part of the first team set up under Monk....many on here have short memories. | |
| |
| KoL steps up on 14:09 - Jul 6 with 2758 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| KoL steps up on 13:21 - Jul 6 by jasper_T |
The progress in the second half of the season Martin talks about is... well two wins both at home isn't much of an improvement on what came before. The u23s finished off the bottom of the PDL South table only on goal difference. It was a poor season with a lot of cheap goals given away trying to imitate Martin's flawed system.
If it pays dividends in smoothing the transition of certain players, and those players go on to do well for us this season, then of course it's worth it. Time will tell. |
Players asked to perform to top standard failed consistently and have been moved on. I watched the Austria and Croatia u19 do it so why not Swansea u23?
All Swansea players should be sufficiently skilled to retain possession when they have an extra man (the goal keeper). Ben Margetson, Ben Eriksen? Scott Butler, Cameron Evans, DeFreitas Hanson, Gould, Searle and Jacob Jones were drilled and trained and encouraged but simply could not do it leading to countless errors and drawn games instead of wins. It is a development league and many do not develop and fall by the wayside and end up in Carmarthen Town shirts,
Rushesha, Abdullai, Congreave, Lloyd and Cotterill fulfill the minimum standards and beyond. [Post edited 6 Jul 2022 14:46]
|  |
| |
| KoL steps up on 14:11 - Jul 6 with 2753 views | Whiterockin |
| KoL steps up on 14:07 - Jul 6 by vetchonian |
Absolutley true coaching is about getting your ideas across, there have been many examples of where great players have failed to make the switch a la sir Bobby charlton, Bryan Robson, are two such examples.
My starting this thread was raising the news but also highlighting how many on here have given KoL stick before when he was part of the first team set up under Monk....many on here have short memories. |
I didn't rate KoL as a player or Monk as a manager. But KoL the coach I'm keeping an open mind, but the signs are good. | | | |
| KoL steps up on 14:12 - Jul 6 with 2747 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| KoL steps up on 13:42 - Jul 6 by Boundy |
Anthony Wright to step into the breech? |
Leon Britton must be bored and is already involved loosely with the group as a player /mentor. | |
| |
| KoL steps up on 14:36 - Jul 6 with 2693 views | KeithHaynes |
| KoL steps up on 13:44 - Jul 6 by onehunglow |
But it helps |
Nobby Stiles, Bobby Charlton ?
Failed.
Wenger ? He hardly played. Mourinho ?
Hardly played.
Sounds like a poem. | |
| |
| KoL steps up on 14:59 - Jul 6 with 2649 views | vetchonian |
| KoL steps up on 14:36 - Jul 6 by KeithHaynes |
Nobby Stiles, Bobby Charlton ?
Failed.
Wenger ? He hardly played. Mourinho ?
Hardly played.
Sounds like a poem. |
Brendan, Steve Coope ( World Cup winner, teams 3 times in the play offs in his his only 3 seasons of league management promoted to PL at 3rd attempt) are another two Managers /coaches without a playing pedigree,
KoL got stick as a coach inder Monk as fans judged him as they saw what they saw as a player ( even thoughhe was actually admired by Martinez when playing)
Opinions and footie fans eh
It is interesting though this move especially gicen all the talk about Calderwood joining | |
| |
| KoL steps up on 15:12 - Jul 6 with 2625 views | KeithHaynes |
| KoL steps up on 14:59 - Jul 6 by vetchonian |
Brendan, Steve Coope ( World Cup winner, teams 3 times in the play offs in his his only 3 seasons of league management promoted to PL at 3rd attempt) are another two Managers /coaches without a playing pedigree,
KoL got stick as a coach inder Monk as fans judged him as they saw what they saw as a player ( even thoughhe was actually admired by Martinez when playing)
Opinions and footie fans eh
It is interesting though this move especially gicen all the talk about Calderwood joining |
Better the devil you know. | |
| |
| KoL steps up on 15:17 - Jul 6 with 2607 views | vetchonian |
| KoL steps up on 15:12 - Jul 6 by KeithHaynes |
Better the devil you know. |
there is truth in that and Im not knocking the appointment rememebr I asked last season as to why KoL seemed to be on the bench matchdays....
I always think it is good to have some local lads involved ...and O Leary does have a link to our heritage. | |
| |
| KoL steps up on 15:19 - Jul 6 with 2598 views | Dr_Winston |
| KoL steps up on 14:36 - Jul 6 by KeithHaynes |
Nobby Stiles, Bobby Charlton ?
Failed.
Wenger ? He hardly played. Mourinho ?
Hardly played.
Sounds like a poem. |
Yep. There's absolutely nothing to suggest that ability as a player equates to ability as a coach in any way, shape or form.
Indeed there is a very strong argument to be made for great footballers actually making worse managers on the whole because what they found easy they don't often have the ability to teach others to do. |  |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
| |
| KoL steps up on 15:33 - Jul 6 with 2551 views | onehunglow |
| KoL steps up on 14:36 - Jul 6 by KeithHaynes |
Nobby Stiles, Bobby Charlton ?
Failed.
Wenger ? He hardly played. Mourinho ?
Hardly played.
Sounds like a poem. |
Nothing Shelleyesque about that | |
| |
| KoL steps up on 16:54 - Jul 6 with 2493 views | Boundy |
| KoL steps up on 15:33 - Jul 6 by onehunglow |
Nothing Shelleyesque about that |
more Wilfred Owen ? | |
| "In a free society, the State is the servant of the people—not the master." |
| |
| KoL steps up on 17:47 - Jul 6 with 2446 views | dobjack2 |
| KoL steps up on 13:48 - Jul 6 by raynor94 |
A good thread for the usual suspects |
Keyser Soze taking his place then | | | |
| KoL steps up on 18:23 - Jul 6 with 2409 views | KeithHaynes |
| KoL steps up on 15:33 - Jul 6 by onehunglow |
Nothing Shelleyesque about that |
Pete ? | |
| |
| KoL steps up on 18:33 - Jul 6 with 2397 views | magicdaps10 |
Well done Kris.
Glad for him, Claire and the kids 👠|  |
| |
| |
By continuing to use the site, you agree to our use of cookies and to abide by our Terms and Conditions.
